Re: [DNG] Avoid 'git commit -m ...' every time code is tested, after editing.

2016-02-15 Thread aitor_czr
Hi Steve, On 02/16/2016 07:47 AM, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote: When a version is a release, don't you just give it a tag? SteveT Yes, but you can also give a tag to a concrete commit[*], for example: $ git tag -a 0.1.1-9928033 You can recover it checking out the tag: $ git checkout

Re: [DNG] Avoid 'git commit -m ...' every time code is tested after editing.

2016-02-15 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 16 February 2016 3:35:55 PM NZDT, Steve Litt wrote: >On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:00:46 + >KatolaZ wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 01:05:25PM +, Rainer Weikusat wrote: >> > Edward Bartolo writes: >> > > I need to

Re: [DNG] Avoid 'git commit -m ...' every time code is tested after editing.

2016-02-15 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:00:46 + KatolaZ wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 01:05:25PM +, Rainer Weikusat wrote: > > Edward Bartolo writes: > > > I need to avoid having to "git commit -m ..." every time I > > > add/modify code. I need to 'git

Re: [DNG] Installing different version of Linux

2016-02-15 Thread Daniel Reurich
Hi Setup a repo for devuan backports using the merged mirror and jessie-backports as the target distrobution. On 14 February 2016 9:55:36 PM NZDT, swdev wrote: >Hi there > >Long time lurker - first post :) > >Thanks for all the hard-work from the Devuan developers. > >I

Re: [DNG] Avoid 'git commit -m ...' every time code is tested after editing.

2016-02-15 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 02:00:46PM +, KatolaZ wrote: > Try to use git for what it was conceived: revision management. And a > revision is not a release. The strategy suggested by Rainer, > i.e. maintaining personal branches where every consistent set of > changes is fixed into a commit, is

Re: [DNG] Avoid 'git commit -m ...' every time code is tested after editing.

2016-02-15 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 01:05:25PM +, Rainer Weikusat wrote: > Edward Bartolo writes: > > I need to avoid having to "git commit -m ..." every time I add/modify > > code. I need to 'git buildpackage' without committing changes. The > > reason is to make sure new code works

Re: [DNG] Avoid 'git commit -m ...' every time code is tested after editing.

2016-02-15 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Edward Bartolo writes: > I need to avoid having to "git commit -m ..." every time I add/modify > code. I need to 'git buildpackage' without committing changes. The > reason is to make sure new code works before committing. In my opinion, that's an unfortunate way to use a SCM

Re: [DNG] Devuan Jessie Alpha4 Installer "Expert Mode" Problems

2016-02-15 Thread David Kuehling
> Tobias writes > Hi David, there should be something mounted under > /sys/firmware/efi/efivars (or /sys/firmware/efi/vars, but that is the > older interface) for efibootmgr to work. Does "efibootmgr" show any > output for you? I do have some stuff under /sys/firmware/efi/vars, but not under

Re: [DNG] Avoid 'git commit -m ...' every time code is tested after editing.

2016-02-15 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, Do not reply to this: I used --git-ignore-changes. It works as I need it. Edward On 15/02/2016, Edward Bartolo wrote: > Hi, > > I need to avoid having to "git commit -m ..." every time I add/modify > code. I need to 'git buildpackage' without committing changes. The >

Re: [DNG] I need to be able to push and pull changes.

2016-02-15 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi Aitor, Thanks for explaining what I need to do. Changes 'pushed'. Edward On 14/02/2016, aitor_czr wrote: > Hi Edward and Daniel, > > El 13/02/16 20:50, Edward Bartolo escribió: >> Hi All, >> >> I can push changes now. I can also pull using 'git pull

[DNG] Avoid 'git commit -m ...' every time code is tested after editing.

2016-02-15 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, I need to avoid having to "git commit -m ..." every time I add/modify code. I need to 'git buildpackage' without committing changes. The reason is to make sure new code works before committing. This also makes commits more meaningful. So, in short, I need this: 1) edit / modify code 2)

Re: [DNG] Devuan Jessie Alpha4 Installer "Expert Mode" Problems

2016-02-15 Thread David Kuehling
(BTW you replied directly to me, moving the conversation back to DNG.) > Tobias writes: > Hi David, I am curious, how does Devuan mount efivars on UEFI systems? > There was much noise about that topic on the Devuan ML (and IRC) > recently, but apparently nobody ran an EFI system. > "mount |